At the recent Continuing Legal Education (CLE) meeting of the Bay Ridge Lawyers Association (BRLA), held at Mama Rao’s in Dyker Heights on Jan. 30, members were treated to an enlightening presentation ...

Trusts and Estates Law columnists C. Raymond Radigan and Lois Bladykas discuss the filing of objections to probate, and explores discovery issues that may arise during a contested probate proceeding.

It goes without saying that every attorney draftsperson of a Will must keep in mind that the instrument he or she is preparing for the client may have to be “probated” (from the Latin probare, to test ...

To be able to describe some of the challenges around wills and elderly people To be able to explain why there are more contested wills To be able to describe the impact of undue influence To be able ...

The death of a loved one is a traumatic event that most of us will experience during our lives. After the grieving has taken place, the next question that may arise concerns whether the decedent ...

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